At the height of the pre-Passover cleaning chaos, I remember my young son asking me, "Mother, what are you doing?" Without a pause, I answered, "I'm making seder" (Hebrew for "order")! When he didn't ...

This week’s clergy discuss how such traditional Passover staples as bitter herbs, eggs, matzo, wine and water help tell the biblical story of the exodus of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt.

Collard greens stand in for bitter herbs on Twitty's Seder plate. (Brent Hofacker/iStockPhoto) Passover honors the story of all people who seek the simple freedom to live their potential. As Jews in ...

Two weeks ago at a concert by the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony, Ernst Toch’s “Cantata of the Bitter Herbs” was performed for the first time in about 30 years. A forgotten work by a mostly ...

Passover in 2024 is set to start on April 22 and end on April 30. This is what you should know about the Jewish holiday. ... For example, maror, or bitter herbs, ...

Pity newcomers to my family's Passover table. Inevitably and despite ample warning, they mask their gefilte fish with my mother's horseradish, a sinus-blasting mixture of the chopped fresh root ...

Passover is coming up, and so the Jewish holiday is top of mind. ... Bitter herbs: These are on the Seder plate to signify the bitter tears the Hebrews cried while they were enslaved.